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akela
[ uh-kee-luh ]
noun
- (in the Cub Scouts) a pack leader.
Akela
/ ɑːˈkeɪlə /
noun
- the adult leader of a pack of Cub Scouts US equivalentDen Mother
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Word History and Origins
Origin of akela1
After Akela, leader of the wolf pack in The Jungle Books by Kipling
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Word History and Origins
Origin of akela1
C20: after a character in Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894–95), who is the leader of a wolfpack
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Example Sentences
So the Stable boys stumbled sleepily back to their own quarters, and Akela tucked each of them up in his blankets.
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As Akela crept softly round she could only hear the regular breathing of sound sleepers.
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Akela wrings him out and sends him home to get into dry clothes, for the sun is beginning to sink.
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Akela then turned the boat shorewards suddenly, and pulled at the oars for dear life, and all the Cubs helped by cheering.
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"I'll tell as long as the candle lasts," said Akela, sticking a stump of candle on the ledge.
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